Photo: Vincent DiSalvio During President Barack Obama’s first term, he ramped up the war in Afghanistan and tried to extend the war in Iraq. He kept the Guantanamo Bay detention facility open, expanded the US drone program, and kept Robert Gates, who served as defense secretary under George W. Bush, in his cabinet. Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) said in an interview this week, “It’s a matter of fact that much of the Obama administration’s foreign policy is a continuation of the Bush administratio...

Photo: Vincent DiSalvio During President Barack Obama’s first term, he ramped up the war in Afghanistan and tried to extend the war in Iraq. He kept the Guantanamo Bay detention facility open, expanded the US drone program, and kept Robert Gates, who served as defense secretary under George W. Bush, in his cabinet. Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) said in an interview this week, “It’s a matter of fact that much of the Obama administration’s foreign policy is a continuation of the Bush administratio...

Credit: AP The trial of US Army private Bradley Manning, accused of leaking classified information to WikiLeaks, began this week. The start of the WikiLeaks case coincided with President Barack Obama signing new whistleblower-protection legislation. Federal officials, however, say Manning won't get whistleblower protection because cannot be defined as such. Some observers argue that Manning is a whistleblower for allegedly downloading hundreds of thousands of secret documents regarding the US ...